indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
how; in what way; by what means
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to subsist; to keep on living
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
don't you think?; indicates question
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
this world; this life; world of the living